Objectives
The aim of this paper is to empirically test the influence of the perceived regulatory burden in the context of postcommunist economies on SME performance and growth from a gender perspective.
Prior Work
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It is widely accepted by family firm researchers that family firms make considerable efforts to achieve both financial and non-financial objectives. Through the lens of stakeholder theory (Freeman, 1984; Laplume et al. ...

The aim of this paper is to explore family succession and continuity in Punjabi-Indian ethnic family firms in the UK using stakeholder approach. The research objectives are to analyse how household dynamics can shape ...

The paper accounts for the nature of Polish entrepreneurial activity in Western Australia. First, it examines it through the deployment of Bourdieu’s ‘forms of capital’ model (1983) used in explaining the entrepreneurial ...

In management studies, we are just beginning to address the pluralist turn. One area where this pluralist perspective on networking is gaining ground lies in the field of boundary spanning studies. This paper examines ...

This paper’s objectives are to examine a new community, rarely explored in the literature in the context of the broader entrepreneurship literature. Moreover, the attempt is made to engage in theoretical development by ...

A study of 10 Polish entrepreneurs operating in Leicester, UK is reported in this article. The
concepts of social, cultural and economic capital are used as the lens through which to explore
the way the capital they ...

The market-leading textbook for principles of management courses reaches a new level with Richard L. Daft being joined by Martyn Kendrick and Natalia Vershinina (both Leicester Business School) to provide an unparalleled ...

This exploratory paper investigates why some companies appear to find successful business relationships
relatively effortless. It seems that the organisation’s search for and utilisation of key resources can
guarantee ...

In this paper the issues in studying hidden populations are discussed with particular focus on methodology used to investigate ethnic minority entrepreneurs who illegally run their businesses in the UK. In this paper, on ...

Objectives In this paper we explore the nature of support that entrepreneurs derive from participation in an online community of parents www.mumsnet.com. We aim to respond to calls for research on entrepreneurship that ...

In this paper we report a study of 10 Polish immigrant entrepreneurs operating in
Leicester, UK. Like Ram, Theodorakopoulos and Jones (2008) we take a forms-ofcapital
approach but use Bourdieu’s (1983) social, cultural ...

The paper highlights the process and dynamics of employment of Ukrainian legal and illegal immigrants and barriers for business entry and their sectoral distribution. The study focussed on London examines skills, aspirations ...

In this article the nature of self-employment of illegal and legal Ukrainian migrants operating in the construction sector in UK is examined. The key aim of this article is to contribute to the discussion on the unexpected ...

This paper’s objective is to examine transnational nature of new entrepreneurial community through the “forms of capital” framework (Ram et al, 2008, Vershinina, et.al. 2011). This study examines the stories of fourteen ...

Objectives: The aim of this paper is to explore the notion of entrepreneur credibility, a sense of belief or trust in the individual’s ability to fulfill the entrepreneurial role and create and sustain a viable venture, ...